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Governor Jon Corzine unveiled his fiscal year 2010 State budget before a joint legislative session of both houses on March 10th. The Governor’s $29.8 billion proposed budget reduces spending to fiscal year 2006 levels and raises various taxes to close a growing $7.0 billion budget deficit.

The Senate Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens Committee favorably reported on Monday, a bill that would make New Jersey the fourteenth state in the nation to permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes.

This past Veteran’s Day, Governor Jon S. Corzine dedicated the State’s new World War II Memorial to the more than half-million men and women from New Jersey, who served our country as part of the greatest generation.

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority will hold its fourth public hearing on October 10th to discuss its plan to increase tolls on the Turnpike and Garden State Parkway by 50% in 2008, 50% in 2012, and 1% each year from 2014 until 2023.